050507 *grin* finale

i'm terribly sorry about the last entry. well, hopefully I'll have time to finish this... if not i guess i just won't publish it till i'm done. =)

Ok, realised I left the background out of clue #9

Background to clue #9

Xiang and I have been friends for 10 years now... through secondary sch till he was in NS we kept in touch meeting up now and then. As my sister can testify, I was exasperated with the guy. He had such wrong views about God and the bible and we'd argue and find ourselves not talking for the longest time. The funny thing was each time we'd contact each other again it'd be at the same time we both think of getting in touch.

so i think he mentioned he didn't really enjoy going to his church and that Christmas I was acting as Mary in a simple play in church. so i invited him. didn't expect him to say yes tho.. but he did come. still remember he sat on the extreme right chair closest to the window.

and cos i wasn't bowled over by him, following the Christmas service after calling him once or twice to ask if he was coming to church, i stopped asking. cos my thinking was 'u know where and what time my church service is, so u'll come if you're interested.' and he kept coming. many were convinced he came because of me, but nope, not true at all. haha... he came cos he enjoyed the messages as he said those at his previous church were extremely boring.

in fact i had to navigate him once to the nearby carpark on one of his first few visits to church and as i boarded his car (dad's) to me it was huge! it was a camry u see.. and i said 'wow, ur car's so big' and he went 'no lah, quite small' and i thought 'show off...' haha... so yes, we weren't exactly close... lol...

so the last clue was because that's how he started coming to my church and thus started a closer walk with God... and i guess if he didn't we probably wouldn't have gotten together cos we'd still barely know one another.

so background ends here... and *bing* i'm standing in front of my church door... fumble for keys, hold my breath and open the door... now i was half afraid that i'd find all my church mates in it going surprise! and him whipping the ring out and proposing in front of more than a dozen pple cos i really didn't want a public proposal... i find a proposal too personal to be done in front of a whole bunch of pple and contrary to popular belief, i'm actually a reserved person... just a trained extrovert... not a true extrovert...

so when it was all dark inside, i let out a sigh of relief... turned on the lights and we're both standing in church just outside the admin office... i ask for my next task, and he says 'we're going to play treasure hunt... somewhere in church lies your valentines day gift and final task. to receive your gift you must find it and you'll get your prize on completion of the final task.'

now, i know my church is not big.. nope... a nice small cozy family church with four rooms, an open area and a sanctuary is all it has... but to look for something without even knowing what i was looking for was a tall order... oh well... no choice! want present and prize must search lor!

being the J personality i quickly decided to go room by room... walking to the last room (our CG room which I personally decorated with a church mate a couple of years ago) i open the door and flick on the lights... and tada! there lay on the table the sweetest red rose arrangement with a pink envelope with my name written as prettily as a guy can do it with a shiny purple pen on it...

so i opened the envelope, fished out the paper and there was my final task

Task #9

Say "Yes"

The next thing i knew he had this red little box with a red bow on it, and he opened it and there was my friend!

"Will you marry me?" he asked

"ok!" i chirped

and he said "u must say yes!"

"oh! yes!... YES!" lol....

then he slipped it on my finger...

the feeling was indescribable... it's something i wanted to happen, couldn't believe it happened, and made me realise how it meant a whole new chapter in life... i looked at him... the person that i've grown to love so much over these last few years...

a boy i once knew, who will be the man I'm going to spend the rest of my life with...

we've gone through so much these last few years... the 3 years of him being away... the adjustment of him coming back... there were so many points when it could have just ended. but it didn't... cos I've finally found someone who truly loves me and makes the choice to love me. not someone who's giddily in love with me and would do anything for me just because he's driven by emotion to do so...

i told him 'wait...'

i ran off to my bag and whipped out his engagement ring.. and came back and opened it..

"just in case you decided to propose today..." heehee...

u see... i knew he'd propose somewhere in may... i just didn't know when... i had hoped it'd be on 050507 but as all hopes, there was a chance of it being let down...

instead, he made it one of the most memorable days of my life... one that would begin with him walking on the path with me as well...

so we're looking to have our wedding in January 2009... thank you for journeying with me through these past five entries... heehee... it's taken quite a while to finish... but it's finally done...

Us after a looooong amazing race! Heehee...


All dressed up for dinner at a French restaurant to celebrate

that's all folks! heehee... thanks for reading! hope you enjoyed it and that it wasn't a let down! lol...